Indians @ Cubs
June 23, 1998

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Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 5 11 0
Cubs 4 6 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 5 11 0
Cubs 4 6 0

Sammy Sosa Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .330
OBP .000 .393
At Bats 4 291
Hits 0 96
• Singles 0 55
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 30
Walks 0 33
RBI’s 0 74

Michael Jackson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 15
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Wrigley Field - June 23, 1998
Out
Michael Jackson
Pat Borders
Jim Thome
Jeff Branson
Travis Fryman
Omar Vizquel
David Justice
Kenny Lofton
Manny Ramirez
Sammy Sosa

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cleveland Indians 5 11 0 10
Chicago Cubs 4 6 0 8
Winning Pitcher Eric Plunk
Losing Pitcher Terry Adams
Save Michael Jackson
Game Winning RBI Pat Borders
Attendance 39,006
Time of Game 3 hours 7 minutes
Count: 0-1, 2 Outs
Count: 0-1, 0 Outs

End of Game

Michael Jackson now pitching. Sosa hits a popup, foul, towards third. Fryman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Morandini hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Paul Assenmacher now pitching. Brown strikes out.
Top 9 Fryman strikes out.
Top 9 Ramirez hits a popup towards third. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Thome hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Justice hits a popup into left field. Mieske settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mieske hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Servais strikes out.
Bottom 8 Omar Vizquel now playing shortstop. Paul Shuey now pitching. Blauser strikes out. Borders drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Blauser out.
Top 8 Marc Pisciotta now pitching. Dunston strikes out.
Top 8 Lofton hits a line drive into left field. Mieske settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Matt Mieske now playing left field. Bob Patterson now pitching. Branson bunts towards the mound. Patterson fields it and throws to first for the out. Borders moves to second.
Top 8 Borders hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Whiten scores.
Top 8 Mark Whiten pinch hits for Eric Plunk. Whiten hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Whiten reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Terrell Lowery now playing left field. Fryman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Plunk fires to first and has Hernandez trapped. There's the throw to Dunston who tags Hernandez for the out.
Bottom 7 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Plunk fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Terry Adams now pitching. Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Thome takes first base on ball four. Lofton moves to third. Dunston moves to second.
Top 7 Justice hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dunston hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lofton moves to second.
Top 7 Lofton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Scott Servais now catching. Terry Mulholland now pitching. Branson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Eric Plunk now pitching. Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Morandini takes first base on ball four. Hernandez scores. Blauser moves to third. Alexander moves to second.
Bottom 6 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 6 Manny Alexander pinch hits for Geremi Gonzalez. Alexander is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Servais hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Alvin Morman now pitching. Jeff Branson now playing second base. Scott Servais pinch hits for Sandy Martinez. There's a wild pitch. Hernandez moves to third. Blauser moves to second.
Bottom 6 Blauser hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Hernandez moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Rodriguez hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Grace hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Lofton. Grace reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Borders hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bell is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Fryman strikes out.
Top 6 Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Thome hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Thome reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Sosa hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Morandini is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a popup towards short. Dunston settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez bunts towards first. Thome scoops it up and throws to first, with Bell covering, for the out. Martinez moves to third.
Bottom 5 Martinez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ramirez. Martinez reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Justice hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dunston bunts towards the mound. Gonzalez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lofton strikes out.
Bottom 4 Blauser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Grace hits a fly ball into right field. Ramirez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Nagy strikes out.
Top 4 Borders hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ramirez tags and scores. Fryman tags and moves to third.
Top 4 Bell is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Fryman hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Rodriguez. Fryman reaches second base with a double. Thome scores. Ramirez moves to third.
Top 4 Ramirez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Justice scores. Thome moves to second.
Top 4 Thome hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Justice moves to third.
Top 4 Justice hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sosa. Justice reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Dunston hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Morandini hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brown strikes out.
Top 3 Lofton hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Nagy strikes out.
Top 3 Borders hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rodriguez tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Blauser takes first base on ball four. Rodriguez moves to third. Hernandez moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hernandez takes first base on ball four. Rodriguez moves to second.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Grace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fryman hits a line drive towards third. Hernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ramirez strikes out.
Bottom 1 Sosa hits a fly ball into left field. Justice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Morandini hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Justice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Thome hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Gonzalez covering, for the out.
Top 1 Justice takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Dunston hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lofton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morandini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.